Software:Top Gear Rally (2003 video game)

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Short description: 2003 video game
Top Gear Rally
Top Gear Rally GBA box art.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s)Tantalus Interactive
Publisher(s)
SeriesTop Gear
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: July 25, 2003
  • NA: October 28, 2003
  • EU: October 31, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Top Gear Rally, known in Japan as Top Gear Rally SP, is a racing video game developed by Tantalus Interactive and released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.

Gameplay

Top Gear Rally is a racing game where the player drives rally cars through a series of courses.[1] It also features a multiplayer mode where two players can compete against each other with the use of the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.[1]

Development

Top Gear Rally was developed by the Australian company Tantalus Interactive.[2] Its cars were designed as full 3D models.[3] The game was presented at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2003.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings77%[4]
Metacritic78/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer5/10[6]
Famitsu30/40[7]
Game Informer8/10[8]
GameSpot8.3/10[2]
GameSpy4/5 stars[9]
IGN8/10[1]
Nintendo Power3.7/5[10]

Top Gear Rally received generally favorable reviews from publications.[5] GameSpot praised its graphics very positively, comparing their quality to that of PlayStation games.[2]

Tantalus won Best Game at the 2003 Australian Game Developer Awards in Melbourne for its work on the game.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harris, Craig (October 24, 2003). "Top Gear Rally". http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/24/top-gear-rally. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Provo, Frank (November 4, 2003). "Top Gear Rally Review". https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/top-gear-rally-review/1900-6078139/. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Colayco, Bob (May 17, 2006). "Top Gear Rally E3 2003 Preshow Report". Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190907121646/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/top-gear-rally-e3-2003-preshow-report/1100-6026479/. Retrieved September 7, 2019. 
  4. "Top Gear Rally". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/914807-top-gear-rally/index.html. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Top Gear Rally". https://www.metacritic.com/game/top-gear-rally/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  6. Reed, Kristan (December 2, 2003). "Top Gear Rally". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_tgrally_gba. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  7. Yoshinoya, Bakudan (July 20, 2003). "Famitsu Update". Nintendo World Report. http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/8835/famitsu-update. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  8. Kato, Matthew (January 2004). "Top Gear Rally". Game Informer (129): 160. Archived from the original on April 15, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050415002123/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200401/R04.0121.0927.15778.htm. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  9. Chandronait, Matt (November 5, 2003). "GameSpy: Top Gear Rally". GameSpy. Archived from the original on November 5, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051105150805/http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/top-gear-rally/6421p1.html. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  10. "Top Gear Rally". Nintendo Power 174: 146. December 2003. 
  11. "Top Gear Rally Award". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112347/http://www.tantalus.com.au/news_2003.html. 

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